Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks, left, sat for roughly 10 hours of interviews over five sessions with filmmaker Judd Apatow for the HBO documentary “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!” (Mathieu Bitton/HBO)
January 21, 2026, 3:48 pm
Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story.
The comedy director reflects on Brooks’ Jewish identity, his influence on modern comedy and “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!”
By Stephen Silver
Anthony-Marino, Dan-DeLuca, Theo-Allyn and Alex Sheffield in Pittsburgh CLO's "Young Frankenstein" (Photo by Kgtunney Photography)
July 21, 2024, 10:41 am
Mel Brooks’ classic lives! CLO’s ‘Young Frankenstein’ is monstrously funny
Iconic jokes and scenes revisited at Greer Cabaret Theater
By Toby Tabachnick
Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little appear in a scene from 1974's "Blazing Saddles." (Courtesy Fathom)
February 8, 2024, 9:51 am
‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy
Most of the things that are controversial about “Blazing Saddles” now were just as controversial back when it was first released, 50 years ago this week.
By Stephen Silver
Schmuck Mudman (Nick Kroll), Fanny (Pamela Adlon), and Joshy (Charles Melton) discuss leaving the shtetl in "History Of The World: Part II." (Aaron Epstein/Hulu)
March 8, 2023, 8:10 am
The real Jewish history in Mel Brooks’ and Hulu’s ‘History of the World: Part II’
Offering up its share of his Catskills-style Jewish humor, the eight-episode, four-night romp through history stops frequently on items of Jewish interest
By Andrew Lapin
Julian Schlossberg, center, is shown with Elaine May and Alan Arkin. Schlossberg's memoir looks back at all the celebrities he met — many of them Jewish — during his career as a prolific producer. (Courtesy of Julian Schlossberg)
February 7, 2023, 12:18 pm
From Mel Brooks to Ethan Coen: Producer Julian Schlossberg’s memoir about working with Jewish stars over 6 decades
Schlossberg writes about how he went from a child in the Bronx to an influential show business figure who mingled and worked with countless movie stars.
By Stephen Silver
Mel Brooks drinking coffee at the Automat in New York in the 1950s while a writer for "Your Show of Shows." (Carl Reiner/courtesy of Film Forum)
March 3, 2022, 12:56 pm
Mel Brooks sings an ode to the Automat in a new documentary
Restaurants promising “Less Work For Mother,” served food through small, coin-operated glass doors.
By Andrew Lapin
Mel Brooks poses at the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Feb. 12, 2017. Brooks' new memoir covers his long career in show business. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)
December 1, 2021, 1:11 pm
Mel Brooks, newly minted memoirist, insists he’s more ‘New York humor’ than ‘Jewish’
Brooks is busy at 95. He has a new book, "All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business," and an upcoming Hulu production of "History of the World: Part II."
By Andrew Lapin
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